Rampart Winds performs at Ed Stafford Theatre

Rampart Winds, the woodwinds quintet section of the U.S. Air Force Band, performed in a free concert at the Ed Stafford Theatre on Sunday.

presented by the Arkansas Valley Community Concert Association.

The first part of the program featured classical woodwind music: "Tango Suit" by A. Piazzolla, "Blaserquintet in B flat major" by F. Danzi, selections from "The Carmen Suites" arranged by Marsha Schweitzer, "Variations on a Folksong" by J. Sweelinck, and "Bravura" by C.E. Duble.

Then came the patriotic section and the outreach program. The quintet has added outreach material for its program for school children, which prior to Sunday night was not known by the AVCCA. Everything from a viking horn to a can-can dance made the program entertaining to the adults on Sunday afternoon and an attraction for consideration in future school outreach programs for the AVCCA.

As is the custom, the group ended with a tribute to all five service groups: Army, Navy, Marines, Coast Guard and their own anthem, Air Force. The audience gave them a standing ovation and was honored with a hilarious "Flight of the Bumblebee" encore.Members of the ensemble are Senior Master Sergeant Sandra Tiemens (who has been here before), flute; Master Sergeant Heike J. Gazetti, clarinet; Tech. Sergeant Monica Ding, oboe; Tech. Sgt. Sarah Stewart, bassoon and NCO in charge; Technical Sgt. Kenneth E. Soper, horn (who has also been here before, but with a different group). They left in a hurry after the concert, as it had already started snowing in Colorado Springs when they left there.